Garment-supporter.



P.- HUNTER. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

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FLORENCE HUNTER, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1909.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911. Serial No. 486,793.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE HUNTER, of the city of Portland, county ofMultnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented a new and ImprovedGarment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of supporters and thelike devices, utilized for holding up womens garments, and it moreparticularly seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive and effectivedevice, adapted for being quickly connected to a corset front forholding down the waist band of a skirt, or a girdle, or for pulling downa shirt front and in such manner so that neither of the said variousgarments will rise beyond their proper position whether a person issitting or walking or in any change of position.

With the above and other purposes in view, my invention comprehends adevice of the general character stated, that can be readily slipped intoan operative position on the corset front at the point desired andbecome interlocked with the corset snaps or fasteners and which can bealmost instantly removed from the corset or adjusted up or down on theclip or fastener holding stay.

In its more definite nature, my invention consists of a device for thepurpose stated formed of a single strand of spring wire bent upon itselfat one end to form an elongated spring loop adapted for slidablyengaging and interlocking with any selected one or more of the headedstuds or hooks on one of the locking stays of the corset, a series oftransverse convolutions adapted to spring lock with other ones of thesaid headed studs and a hook member that projects outwardly at rightangles from the body of the holder for receiving the waist band, girdleor shirt waist end.

In its still more subordinate features, my invention consists in adevice or holder of the general character described that has thepeculiar arrangement and correlation of parts, that will be hereinafterfully explained, be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a viewof a corset with my improved holder applied as in practical use. Fig. 2,is a view of a part of the stud stay of the corset and my holder andillustrates the first step in fitting my device onto the corset for use.Fig. 3, is a similar view that shows the final step or way of securingthe holder on the corset. Fig. 4, is a longitudinal section of a part ofa corset and showing the lock stud equipped stay member and my holderattached. Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view of the holder.

My invention, which is a new article of manufacture, in the preferredconstruction, comprises a body formed or bent to shape from a singlespring wire strand, but it may be formed of several members bent to thedesired shape and suitably connected.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the holder comprises a slide clamp that is madeby bending one end of the strand upon itself to form a long loop 1, thetwo parallel portions 1 2 being bent to lie more closely against eachother at the upper or neck end of the loop so as to create a clampingtension of the said two parts 1=*2 so that when slipped over the hook orheaded stud a on the corset stay member A, the said parts 1=*2 willengage the said stud a under a tight frictional contact.

To facilitate the ready slipping of the loop slide over the stud a thetwo parts l2 just above the neck a are curved outwardly to form awidened opening or eye 1".

The free end of member 1 is bent outwardly at right angles from the bodyof the holder to form a hook 3, the end of which is sharpened and curvedinwardly to lie closely to the body of the holder so as to avoid injuryto the hands or person in coming in contact therewith and to also themore securely hold the goods of the various garments in place and tobetter advantage.

The member 2 of the slide loop, where it merges with the hook end of theother member 1 of the loop is preferably made fast to the said member 1by twisting once around the shank or neck end of the hook 3 as at 30,and it may be, at the twist portion, soldered to the other member.

From the twist or secured part the member 2 is extended and bent into aseries of slide loops 20, disposed in a transverse plane relatively tothe hook and the long slide loop, the several loops being alternatelydisposed and the bends of the wire so made that the entrant or neckportions 20 are restricted so that the said loops 20 will firmly snapover the corset fastenings or studs.

By reason of forming the holder with a long pendent slide loop having anentrant eye for slipping over the corset fastening stud, the said slideloop can be quickly slipped over the said fastening stud and the holderslid to the point desired, see Fig. 2, after which the holder, with itsnow lowermost or fastened point as its fulcrum, can be swung laterallyin either direction so that one of the transverse slide loops willreadily slip into and interlock with an upper one of the studs on thecorset stay, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 3.

One of the advantages of my form of holder is that it can be easilyattached to any size of corset, no matter whether the studs on the staysare widely or closely separated, since the long loop slide can be soslipped on the stud it engages to bring some one of the numeroustransverse slide loops into position to firmly interlock with an upperone of the said fastening studs.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the manner inwhich my holder is adapted for being applied to a corset, and the mannerin which it sets to hold the skirt band, or girdle from working up andfor holding a shirt waist pulled down under all of the ordinarypositions of the body will be readily apparent to those skilled in theuse of kindred devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a wire having a portion bent backparallel with itself to form an elongated slotted fastening member, theend of the bent back portion terminating in a garment engaging hook,said wire having a zigzag extension above the hook forming a fasteningmeans, said bent back portion and said zigzag extension lying in thesame general plane.

2. A new article of manufacture, consisting of a Wire strand having aportion bentback upon itself to form an elongated slotted fasteningmember, the end of the bent back portion terminating in a hook, saidstrand having another portion bent to form zigzag convolutionsin a planeat right angles to the direction of projection of said hook, said bentback portion and said zigzag extension lying in the same general plane.

3. As a new article, an attachment for corsets comprising a body formedof a single piece of wire having a long slide loop atone end and aseries of transverse loops at the other end, and a garment engaging hookat the juncture of the long slide loop with the transverse loops, saidlong slide'loop and said zigzag extension lying in the same generalplane.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a garment holder formed of a singlespring wire strand, one end of which forms a hook and is bent uponitself to form a loop for slipping over the fastening stud on acorsetstay, one of the loop portions being twisted about the other atthe neck of the hook, the said twisted portion being extended and formedinto a series of transverse convolutions adapted for snapping over thefastening stud on a corset stay, said loop portion and said zigzagconvoluted portion lying normally in substantially the same plane.

FLORENCE HUNTER.

lVitnesses ,J. H. MIDDLETON,

MARJORIE HENDERSON.

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